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Publications

The Guardian

Crime History World

The Murderers Next Door

In a remote corner of Romania, neighbors kill each other over tiny strips of land.

Adam Nicolson The Guardian Nov 2015 20min Permalink

World

The Bizarre Scheme to Transform a Remote Island into the New Dubai

What happens when an impoverished island nation enters into a deal to sell its own citizenship in bulk.

Atossa Araxia Abrahamian The Guardian Nov 2015 20min Permalink

Lost at Sea: the Man Who Vanished for 14 Months

In November 2012, Salvador Alvarenga went fishing off the coast of Mexico. Two days later, a storm hit and he made a desperate SOS. It was the last anyone heard from him—for 438 days.

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Previously: The Longform Guide: Lost at Sea

Jonathan Franklin The Guardian Nov 2015 20min Permalink

Arts

The Revenge of Marwencol

Mark Hogancamp nearly died after being jumped by five men in 2000. After waking from a coma with no memories, he developed an extraordinary coping device: he built a miniature town in his garden where he gets his revenge.

Jon Ronson The Guardian Oct 2015 10min Permalink

Crime World Media

Karachi Vice

Life as a crime reporter in one of the most violent places in the world.

Samira Shackle The Guardian Oct 2015 20min Permalink

Business

The Death and Life of the Great British Pub

Pubs are closing all over London. One Camden establishment, the Golden Lion, decided to fight it.

Tom Lamont The Guardian Oct 2015 45min Permalink

World

"They Were Torturing to Kill"

The photographs that Caesar, a Syrian military photographer, smuggled out of Assad’s death dungeons.

Garance le Caisne The Guardian Oct 2015 20min Permalink

Arts

"It's Not So Easy Writing About Nothing"

Attending a meeting of the Continental Drift Club in Berlin.

Patti Smith The Guardian Sep 2015 15min Permalink

Politics

Extreme Altruism

Julia, a 30-year-old, has spent her life trying not to take more than what she needs from the world. It’s made life very difficult.

Larissa MacFarquhar The Guardian Sep 2015 25min Permalink

World

Who Killed the 20th Century’s Greatest Spy?

Who was Ashraf Marwan working for when he fell to his death from the balcony of a London flat?

Simon Parkin The Guardian Sep 2015 25min Permalink

Crime Sex

One Lawyer’s Crusade to Defend Extreme Pornography

Meet Britain’s “Batman of obscenity.”

Edward Docx The Guardian Sep 2015 30min Permalink

Business World

China’s Funeral Revolutionaries

Two men try to disrupt the gray market of Chinese death services.

Jonathan Kaiman The Guardian Sep 2015 25min Permalink

Crime Media

The Selling of the Krays

A tale of British gangsters who were determined to be famous.

Duncan Campbell The Guardian Sep 2015 25min Permalink

World

The Journey

A refugee’s odyssey from Syria to Sweden.

Patrick Kingsley The Guardian Jun 2015 Permalink

World Religion

The Fortune-Teller of Kabul

Afghans have long visited falbin to have their futures foretold. Fundamentalist Muslim clerics hope to stop that.

May Jeong The Guardian Sep 2015 20min Permalink

Science

Young Blood

Exploring the possibility that injecting the old with the blood of the young can reverse the aging process.

Ian Sample The Guardian Aug 2015 25min Permalink

World

The Reckless Plot to Overthrow Africa's Most Absurd Dictator

Mistakes were made by the middle-aged Americans who hoped to take over Gambia.

Andrew Rice The Guardian Jul 2015 30min Permalink

Media

"I Definitely Identify With That Murderer Thing, Where You Click Off"

On the controversial British newspaper columnist Katie Hopkins.

Jon Ronson The Guardian Jul 2015 20min Permalink

Media

The Battle for the BBC

The broadcasting behemoth is up for a charter renewal in the United Kingdom, and it’s exposing every crack in the organization.

Charlotte Higgins The Guardian Jul 2015 25min Permalink

Business

The Millionaire Who Rescues Migrants at Sea

Christopher Catambrone wants to help illegal migrants who try to cross the Mediterranean in ill-equipped, unsafe boats. But it’s hard to do alone.

Giles Tremlett The Guardian Jul 2015 25min Permalink

Farewell to America

A black British father on his 12 years in the U.S.

Gary Younge The Guardian Jun 2015 25min Permalink

Arts

“I Thought You Would Help Me”

On immigration detainees in the United Kingdom, and the suffering that lands them in detention.

Ali Smith The Guardian Jun 2015 20min Permalink

History

The Man Who Sleeps in Hitler’s Bed

Kevin Wheatcroft owns the world’s largest collection of Nazi memorabilia. And he’s suddenly eager to show it off.

Alex Preston The Guardian Jun 2015 20min Permalink

Politics World Media

Can Politico Make Brussels sexy?

A New York gossip reporter makes her way in the wilds of European bureaucracy.

Gideon Lewis-Kraus The Guardian Jun 2015 25min Permalink

A Sentimental Education

The actress Tilda Swinton found herself dissatisfied with the schools available for her twins. So she founded her own.

Aaron Hicklin The Guardian Jun 2015 15min Permalink

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